Quebec plans to include in vitro fertilization to government-funded health services
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QUEBEC — Junior Health Minister Lionel Carmant introduced a bill Wednesday that would add one cycle of in vitro fertilization to the list of services covered by Quebec’s public health insurance.
The procedure costs at least $6,000, not including the price of the cocktail of hormones a patient must take. That cost can rise significantly if more complex forms of the procedure — or donated eggs — are required.
The funded treatment will be available to heterosexual couples, lesbian couples, as well as to single women. Only one member of a lesbian couple will be eligible for funding. Women over the age of 41 will not be eligible for state funding, Carmant said, because the chance of success is too low among older women.
Quebec introduced public funding for up to three cycles of in vitro fertilization in 2010. That funding was cut in 2015 by the government of then-premier Philippe Couillard, which replaced it with a system of tax credits.
